Episode 8: Consul Warz(III)

Manical laughter echoed out from a manical idiot.

"That's right, run, RUN pathetic Earth-people!!" Zim was smashing game displays as far as the eye could see. "There will be no defensive plotting against ZIM!"

"Just how stupid has this gotten," Mandy stopped and just shook her head.

"So who is this Grim guy?" Gaz was patiently waiting.

"You'll see," Mandy said right when a blast from one of the Xbox robot's cannon hit the display next to her. "C'mon."

Another part of the convention...

A hand reached out from the pile of discarded boxes. The owner of the hand was used to this. A little too used to this. Dib pulled himself up and checked for injjuries.

"So what are you supposed to be, yo?" came a voice. Dib searched for his glasses. "Neo?"

Found the glasses.

"Hey, you two are in my class," Dib said as he finally focused on Billy and Irwin.

"Well duh, Neo," Billy said making the feathers in his Billy Hatcher suit fluff up a bit. There came a rumble from teh distance. Dib thought for a moment. HE looked around to try to summurize the situtation. What resources did he have and how was he going to use them. Needless to say he saw what he was looking for.

Yet another part of the convention...

"It's like one of those monster movies," Grim watched the scence unfold while eating Mandy's popcorn.

"Grim," Kurama tapped him on the shoulder. Grim turned around.

"Is that-" Hiei began.

"I'll explain later," Kurama hushed him.

"How did you get here before us?" Mandy and Gaz came up to them.

"I was about to ask the same," Kurama mumbled to himself.

"Doesn't matter," Gaz snapped. "We have to stop that robot before it destroyes all the games."

"What about the people?" Griim asked.

"Who cares about them."

"Grim," Mandy cut in. "I need your sycthe."

"Always with the scythe," Grim sighed. "Never any respect."

"Gaz, you stay here with theose two," Mandy said eyeing Hiei. "We might need them."

"Right," Gaz said while bringing out her Game Slave 2.

"C'mon Grim," Mandy said pulling Grim away. "There's work to be done."

Mandy and Grim left.

"Kurama," Hiei spoke after they had left. "What exactly is going on?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Kurama replied.

"Shut it," Gaz threated without looking up. "Before I come over there and make you."

Back wik Zim...

"This is far too easy for my Irken skills," Zim began to complain after another hour had passed of his destruction. "For a defense convention, there isn't thatt much defensing going on."

"Think again, ZIM," came a call from behind him as he and his robot were struck down.

"DIB," Zim pulled the Xbox robot up with the controls. "I should have known."

Dib was sitting in the middle of another robot.

"This isn't a one sided fight anymore," Dib shouted while he rushed for another attack. Zim blocked it.

"So how does it feel, Dib-worm," Zim was holding his ground. "To have your own defensive equipment used against you?"

"Defensive equipment?" Dib fell back because Zim had used his ultimate weapon, stupidity. He realized this and went on defense. "How did you get THAT idea?"

"I've seen all the military training exercises. These so called 'games' are training simulations for you humans."

"Sure, we'll go with that," Dib knew that arguing with Zim would be pointless.

"Now I've come to destroy your training equipment with your own devices. Pitiful really, I was expecting a little more."

Ran out of captions...

"Are they always like this?" Kurama was weary about how quickly this fight was going to end.

"Yup," Gaz and Hiei spoke in union.

"I'm surprised though," Gaz was actually paying attention to the fight. "That Dib is using PS2's for his robot."

"Why's that surprising?" Kurama asked.

"He has no really idea on what it is."

Giant Robots of DOOM!!...

Dib was thrown into one of the few standing displays. He righted his robot. He was aching a bit for having been hit in the contoller's seat of the machine.

"Pitiful human," Zim mocked. "Did you really think you could-"

Something came at him and knocked a few yards back. Zim caught his balence and looked over to see a purple robot.

"WHO DARE DEFY ZIM?!!" he shouted.

"Oh, get off it," Mandy came out from behind one of the broken displays to stand next to the GameCube robot with controller in hand. "I know your weakness."

"You LIE," Zim turned to face her.

"Watch and learn, newb," Mandy held the controller with a firm grip and pressed a combination of buttons. The GameCube robot responded byhitting Zim right in the cockpit knocking him not only out of the robot, but through it as well. He fell on the convention floor right next to the Dance Max 9 machine was set up with Gir still playing.

"Look what I can do!" Gir jumped up and down while doing a series of dance steps.

"You think you won yet my robot has- hey what are you-?!!" Zim's final words were cut off by the thud of the Xbox robot falling on top of him.

"Takes care of him," Mandy said while letting the controller be held in one hand.

"That was great," Dib had managed to get the PS2 robot up. "Together we can defeat him."

Mandy looked at him then to the controller. A few seconds later Dib went flying into the popcorn machine.

"You need to come over to my house," Gaz congradulated Mandy.

"This was a complete waste of a day," Grim threw the empty popcorn bag behind him, missing the trashcan.

"Better leave before the authorities arrive," Kurama commented.

"Hey, Irwin," Billy was back with them. "Let's get Neo and some popcorn and go to my house to play."

Billy and Irwin went to the machine.

"Out of all the three robots," Gaz pointed out. "Mandy's was the most effeient. Controller on the ground; robot doing all the work. Nice."

"It didn't make any sense to put myself in danger by controlling it from with in," Mandy and Gaz continued their discussion. Mandy glanced over her shoulder to give Kurama the 'we'll continue our talk later' look.

Fin E8: Consul Warz (III)